中国传统文化对蟋蟀身体与战斗力关系的认识

Knowledge of the Relationship Between a Cricket's Body and Its Aggressiveness in Traditional Chinese Culture

中国传统文化中已经认识到蟋蟀的体型大小、体重、成熟度,以及头、上颚、项、躯干、腿、翅与战斗力存在密切相关。对《功虫录》和《斗蟋随笔》中的历史记录进行数据分析发现,蟋蟀腹部前端宽阔、头部圆大、上颚尖长粗大、前胸背板宽阔和足圆长等,是表征具有较强斗性的蟋蟀身体特征。传统文化中还包括通过身体尺寸、体重、成熟度等指标判断蟋蟀斗性的方法。

In traditional Chinese culture people realized that the fighting ability of a cricket is closely related to its body size, weight and maturity as well as the shape and size of certain organs such as its head, mandibles, pronotum, abdomen, legs and wings. According to statistics on the morphology of 155 good cricket fighters recorded in Gongchong Lu and Douxi Suibi, the physical traits of a highly aggressive cricket include a thick upper abdomen, a big and round head, sharp and thick mandibles, a wide pronotum and long and thick legs. Traditional culture also includes measures to evaluate the aggressiveness of a cricket in terms of body size, weight and maturity.